Espaços promotores de saúde na Atenção Básica: a experiência dos graduandos de Odontologia da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba

The study aims to report the experience of a group of dentistry students from the State University of Paraiba, which took place in the second semester of 2018, during the process of forming a health-promoting space that provided the meeting of culture and art with the System Health Unit at the Family Health Unit (FHU) Argemiro de Figueiredo, located in the municipality of Campina Grande. The construction of this space took place during the Internship in the Family Health Strategy I, a curricular component offered in the fourth semester of the course. Such an environment was created from the experience entitled “Graffiti that brings life”, as well as through the construction process of the Community Garden in that FHU. The aforementioned activities were marked by the strong interaction between academics, the community, the health team, and social equipment present in the area assigned to the FHU, allowing the strengthening of the bond between the health team and the population. In this process of living in the community, it was observed the importance of the presence of dentistry students in the Primary Care (PC) scenario. Such presence enabled them to recognize the relevance of comprehensive care, understanding that the role of the dental surgeon in PC goes far beyond guaranteeing oral health care for the population. Also, the construction of a health-promoting space allowed the strengthening of ties between users and workers, enabling the community to understand the BHU space in addition to the disease.